I Became the Second-in-Command in a Romance Fantasy Novel

I’ll now proceed with the translation, paying special attention to the names, pronouns, and transliterations as instructed.

"Deiji!"
"Deiji!"
Ah, shit.
The romance fantasy male protagonists had lost their minds.
Considering it was the first time, it was a pretty good match.
But as my anger grew stronger than my rationality, if I made a wrong move, I’d end up getting hit by a sword before the enemy.

"Ah!"
The makeshift team fell apart.
So, I quickly pulled back and cast a glance toward Violet.
No, shit.
I’m supposed to be following the original story.
Why is Daisy getting stabbed?
"What’s going on?"

But things weren’t looking good on their side either.
Violet, with dead eyes, was clutching Daisy's side where blood was gushing out. She was mumbling something.
She looked like a madwoman, but the impact around her was no joke.
No, isn’t there no magic movement happening right now?
But what is this impact?
Just to be sure, I tried to move the magic within me, but it didn’t budge.
Looking ahead, it didn’t seem like Prince Ellen or the Swordsmanship Master were using magic either.
What is this? Is this some kind of reincarnation bonus?
I don’t have anything like that.
"I’ll kill you."

Violet's deadly voice reached my ears.
Didn’t I just say that we couldn’t win right now?
If there was a way to kill, she should have used it faster.
"Ugh!"
If I had more time, I would have said something, but seeing Ellen, who was flying through the air, I couldn’t return to the front line.
But...

"Ah."
I barely caught Ellen, but my expression twisted.
I had already been drained of magic and had many restrictions.
I could feel my body getting heavier.
Judging by my experience with web novels, it seemed like Daisy had set up a trap or something.
Knowing that, the guy called ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) Silence probably targeted Daisy on purpose.
"Sorry, Adam!"

Thanks to that, there was no more time.
Even if I had to push myself, I had to finish this quickly.
So, I stepped back, leaving Ellen behind, and took another step away.
Then I took out a small steel vial from my pocket and opened the lid.
Drip. Drip.
I carefully tilted the bottle and applied the liquid to my sword.
"..."
I made eye contact with Silence.
Isn’t this supposed to be the greatest talent in Ellen’s world?
Just buy me some time.

"...What’s that?"
What else? Poison, of course.
Apparently, it’s hard for people from Leon to imagine a knight using poison, but considering it’s me, this might cause some issues if I’m caught doing it so openly.
"..."
So what?
I’m an instructor, not a knight.

"Kids these days are really scary."
Silence swung the dagger at me and then charged forward.
That was a good sign.
He must have been immune to poison, but the fact that he considered me a threat meant he didn’t have that immunity.
"Hm?"

Thinking this, I clashed swords with him.
As my sword slipped, he aimed for my back.
Did he think of me as an extra?
I looked back at Silence, but...
"What the hell?"
Ah, I couldn’t blame him.
I would’ve ignored me too if I were him.

"Die."
The fire that Violet conjured was covering Silence, and that was a good thing.
"These guys have no teamwork."

Is this a group project?
Without distinguishing between allies and enemies, I could only flee urgently, watching the violent flames rage.
Is this real, Silence vs. Violet?
My heart pounded as I watched the crimson flames collide. I turned to Ellen, whose eyes had gone wild.
"Stay back."
"Uh, okay."
"You too."
"I know."

The strength left my body, but it stopped.
It seemed like Silence couldn’t use his full abilities.
The proof was in Silence's eyes.
"How do you know ancient magic?"
Silence, the squinty-eyed guy, had his eyes wide open.
His poker face cracked, and he genuinely looked flustered.

"Shut up."
Violet ignored Silence’s words and clenched her teeth.
Her eyes were bloodshot, and blood was pouring from her nose.
Her purple hair was even starting to bleach, making it obvious she wasn’t in a normal state, but there was nothing I could do to help.
The two wild energies clashed, and with no magic left in us, we couldn’t do anything.
The best I could do was collect the other "golden" idiots quickly to avoid a disaster.
I could probably make a nice profit from Arlen and the fire-fighting guy later.

"Take care of the others. If things go south, we’ll have to run."
"Adam, you..."
"I don’t want to run, but you’re not going to leave Daisy behind, are you?"
I could see the guys' eyes were fixed on Daisy, who was lying behind Violet.
Would they leave? No way.
"I’ll take Daisy and run."
"It’s impossible alone."
"Neither of you will be any help."
"Ahh!"

I never imagined I’d be saying this to Prince Ellen, but I was paying the price for rushing in, eyes flipped in rage.
"What are you going to do with this arm?"
My left arm was broken.
I’d put enough force into it that Ellen would scream like that.

"No, this feels like it would hurt even normally, doesn’t it?"
I sent a look of frustration at him as he sent me an expression that seemed to ask why.
"I’ll tell the queen everything. Don’t die now, save it for later."
"...Wouldn’t it be better to die fighting together?"
"No chance."

I had no intention of dying.
Even now, money was stacking up in the kingdom, and I couldn’t die before spending it all after retiring.
"I have potions. If I can get close, I can heal."
It was an emergency potion I kept for worst-case scenarios, but now that I was awakening as a saint, there was no need to save it.
Once I awakened, I’d probably pull out some holy water bottles.
Daisy wasn’t the type to be unaware, she wasn’t heartless either.

"No, let’s just run now."
These idiots are better off gone.
If there were no witnesses, there’d be more variation in what I could use.
"That can’t happen!"

"Ah, I told you to leave already!"
I kicked his legs, but he still didn’t leave. I reluctantly took out the vial from my pocket.
"What’s that?"
"Assassination poison."
"...Really?"

Ellen blinked in surprise at my words.
"Would it be fake?"
"What are you going to do with it?"
"Obviously, I’ll throw it at that bastard."
"Over there?"
"Yeah."
"Then won’t Violet be in danger?"
"Only if she’s unlucky."
"And Daisy?"
"If she’s lucky, she’ll survive."
"And if she’s not?"
"Obviously, she’ll die."
At my words, Ellen and the Swordsmanship Master blinked.
It seemed they didn’t understand what I meant.

"She’s a hostage. If you don’t take these useless corpses and get out now, we’ll all die together."
You’re not leaving?
Then Daisy dies.
To those who can’t be persuaded, a notification is faster than persuasion.
"Isn’t that right?"
"I don’t care if Daisy dies. I’m the one responsible for Prince Ellen’s life."

Perhaps because they felt the sincerity in my words, both Ellen and the Swordsmanship Master rushed at me, and now, they were half-dead too.
"30."
"Ellen."
"29."
The countdown was getting shorter, and the two exchanged glances.

"Ah, fine!"
"I’ll get everyone out and bring them back!"
Ellen and the Swordsmanship Master hurriedly dragged the fallen bodies outside.
I watched them leave, still watching the intense battle between Silence and Violet.
From the outside, it seemed like an even fight, but when you looked at Silence's state, Violet was overwhelmingly losing.
There seemed to be more blood on the floor than Daisy's.
"Or not?"

Looking more closely, it wasn’t that the blood was spilling.
It seemed like he was drawing the blood himself.
Through that blood, the crimson energy was growing stronger.
"Is that dark magic?"
I wasn’t familiar with magic, being from the Leon kingdom, but I honestly didn’t know the difference between that and dark magic.

"Ah."
After confirming that Ellen and the Swordsmanship Master had gone outside, I took the bottle with poison and put it to my mouth.
Actually, the poison had already been applied to the sword.
Even though I was a royal agent, smuggling in such potent poison into the academy wasn’t easy.
This was pure doping medicine.
It was different from the elixirs that enhance magic power, it was more like the physical enhancing drugs that were often an issue in past sports.
Of course, its effect was powerful, and the side effects would be even worse.

"Really, I’ll collect it all later."
Even if it didn’t matter to me, having the romance fantasy female protagonist die here would be a problem.
I gulped down the secret weapon I had prepared for Ellen and rushed into battle.
Drip.
Something in my head snapped.
After that, only one thought consumed my mind: I need to kill that bastard quickly and take Daisy.
The wound wasn’t fatal.
I stopped the bleeding.
The magic circuit in my body screamed, but I didn’t care.

Shamanism.
Similar to magic but completely different.
While magic borrows strength using mana, shamanism takes the right to use the power as a price for offering a sacrifice.
The origin of Silence's power, which was revealed later, came from this ancient ability.
I knew of it through the original work.
It was a technique from ancient times before magic was systematized, and it was my trump card.
I didn’t want to use it now, but...
Who cares?
First, kill that bastard.
The original story, the future—I didn’t care anymore.
The last words from Daisy kept echoing in my head as everything was spiraling out of control.
"Ugh!"

Behind the distorted Silence, blood spurted out.
The space where the shamanism clashed was pierced, and someone jumped out.
"That really hurts."
Covered in blood, someone grimaced.
Who was it?
Ah, right.

"Adam."
"Shut up."
He gritted his teeth as though enduring the pain and gave me a warning look.
Ah, whatever.
No time to talk.
"My blood is a part of my soul."

From the wound, a pool of blood burst out.
The absolute law of shamanism.
The price of shamanism must come from something that belongs to the person.
The main difference between dark magic and shamanism was that, and it made shamanism far more dangerous.
My head was dizzy.
If more blood escaped, I could die.
But who cares?
"Die."
"Ah, shit."

Uncontrolled power swept everything away.
Adam grimaced and moved his body to dodge.
There was no need to coordinate.
We attacked and dodged on our own.
There was no help.
If anyone had seen, they would have considered it a 1v1v1 fight, not 2v1.
The swords clashed, and shamanism flew.
There were moments when I almost died from the incoming magic, but since the same was true for them, I just let it go.
After several clashes, Silence still hadn’t fallen.
As expected, he was the villain who wouldn’t fall until the final battle of the third part.
"Akraine Dale."

At the most crucial moment, I spoke the most important keyword.
"How do you know that!"
Silence's composure shattered when he heard his real name.

"Now, just die already."
Adam's sword pierced his heart.